Geto Boys

Geto Boys (originally spelled Ghetto Boys) is a rap group from Houston, Texas, consisting of Scarface, Willie D and Bushwick Bill. The Geto Boys earned notoriety for its lyrics which included misogyny, gore, psychotic experiences, and necrophilia. The Geto Boys established themselves with their soulful southern sound (a precursor to the Dirty South style).
The group’s name, Geto Boys, comes from a deliberate misspelling of the word Ghetto. For its first album “Making Trouble” (1988) and its second, “Grip It! On That Other Level” (1989), the spelling was the standard "Ghetto Boys." For its third album, “The Geto Boys,” they changed it to the "Geto" spelling, which the group h... Continue Bio >>